I was a patient with a phase one situation ( there is 4 phases )
I was considering surgery till I found the needle technic .
I was treated so easily in march this year. I was treated in Paris the cost was 38 euros about 40 US dollars.
I had to be on a waiting list for about 3 months because of the hudge amount of patient they treat. It took about 15 mns and the release was immediate. i wore a bandage that I had to keep dry for 2 days .. I had to stay away from carrying heavy things with my hand for a week . I was playing piano immediatly the release was 90 % of being as good as the other hand. I had a Y and a branch was nt totally removed but the doctor told me that it was just something that might be going away in any case I had an appointment for the month of june . I went back in june and got another 15 mn treatment. my hand is 95% which is an amazing postition after being limited for over 10 years.
the treatement is like the magic bullet you always dreamed of . Very low tech very simple,there is very little risks involved its like cleaning a wound...
It was SOOO cheap and so simple the 3 months waiting list was worth it.
They weaken the "ropes" with a needle and stretch the finger you can actually hear it cracking and you feel a release immediatly.
The procedure is so simple that I believe anyone with a certain amount of years of experience will perform it right.

PS I wanted to kiss the doctor right there!

Did you receive the treatment when you just had nodules on your fingers and/or palm or were your fingers already starting to contract toward your palm?
I had surgery on my left hand. I have nodules on my middle and ring fingers on my right hand--but little to no contraction yet. Should I get the needle treatment now or wait until contraction?
Thank you, Carol

On a recent visit to Dr. Denkler, he told me that NA can be performed before contracture. The cord can be put under enough tension to snap it by hyperextending (bending back) the finger. He said he has in fact already performed NA on non-contracted cases.

- MML

I delayed my trip to Eaton from LA hoping to get a "two for one". My ring PIP was at 20 degrees, and my pinkie MCP was tight, perhaps at 5 or so. I was waiting for the very discernible pinkie MCP cord to advance to where it too could be severed. I finally had NA on the PIP @ 30 degrees. Unfortunately Eaton was unable to help the pinkie MCP, even though he knew I had delayed the PIP treatment for that very reason.

All that to say, each case is different. I will not make that mistake again, however, and let a PIP go beyond 20 degrees. After 6 months it has settled back to about 10 degrees permanently. I can certainly live with that, but I definitely advise doing a PIP sooner.

The current problem is that flying across the US to give it a "try" is not reasonable........."Is it ready yet?"...."No?"...."See you next month."

When we have competent NA doctors in every major city we can afford to give a very early contraction a "try" and miss the freeway traffic while we're at it. Once Denkler has returned from France I'll fly up from LA for the day and give him a crack at it, even though it is only an MCP. I've learned that the PIP is the one you want to catch early, as it has a memory. Sometimes it will *never* be the same after being bent for a few years.

Thanks MLM, Richard